DEEPJADE DUO

INTRODUCTION
Daryl Pratt and Jonathan Dimond enjoy a musical association spanning decades. This new project showcases their virtuosity in a duo setting.  When Daryl first approached Jonathan about the project, Jonathan suggested Corea’s Children’s Songs could be an interesting vehicle for exploration, taking inspiration from the collaboration by Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton. Inspired by the Corea/Burton duo, DeepJade Duo takes advantage of the intimate instrumentation and elegant compositional approaches to explore a duologue that features improvisation in a conversational manner.
Daryl Pratt - vibraphone
Jonathan Dimond - electric bass

PERFORMANCES
DeepJade have their debut performance in Melbourne in July 2025.
Check out my gigs page for a schedule of upcoming performances.

More video recordings appear on my YouTube channel.

BAND BIOGRAPHIES
Daryl Pratt is a percussionist/composer/conductor with a background in contemporary classical music and jazz.  He has performed, recorded and toured with Pipeline with Simone deHaan (1987-1995) The Australia Art Orchestra (1994-2001), AtmaSphere with David Jones (1991-2003), and The Chad Wackerman Group (1997-2006).  He founded the jazz quartet Sonic Fiction in 1993 with recordings on Tall Poppies and NAXOS. Current projects include Pratt Price (2012-), Pratt McMahon Hirst & Gander (2016-) and PAD with Jim Denley and Chris Abrahams (2025-).  He has performed and recorded with the San Diego Symphony, Sydney Symphony and Australia Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Synergy, The Australia Ensemble and The Australia Chamber Orchestra.  Pratt has solo, chamber and orchestral recordings on ABC, Lovely, Naxos, CRI, Rufus Records, EFA, VoxAustralis, Fleur de Son Classics, Move Records, Earshift Records, CD Baby and Tall Poppies.  His compositions for percussion are featured on Tall Poppies "Pratt’s Alchemy".  He was the Head of Percussion, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (1991–2020) and director/conductor of The Modern Music Ensemble (2005–2020).
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Jonathan Dimond is a multi-instrumentalist (trombone, tabla and electric bass guitar) and composer, who brings together the worlds of Western classical, jazz and intercultural musics. Since undertaking formal studies in North Indian classical music in 1993, his compositions have been influenced by raga, and the rhythmic cycles and devices associated with both North and South Indian classical music. With this background, Jonathan has staged successful intercultural collaborations around Australia, in Japan and the U.S.A. with such artists as Guru Karaikudi Mani, Pandit Abhijit Banerjee, Pandit Purbayan Chatterjee, Paul Livingstone, Satoko Fujii, Mandolin U. Rajesh, B.V. Raghavendra Rao, Jay Dabgar, Salvador Persico, Apoorva Krishna, and Sruthi Laya Ensembles (Australia and India). Jonathan’s formal musical education includes a PhD in Composition, Master of Music, Post Graduate Diploma of Music, and a Bachelor of Music. An experienced educator, Dimond is currently senior lecturer and head of program at Melbourne Polytechnic, where he runs the Bachelor of Music degree. He also ran the Bachelor of Music (Jazz) at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University from 1997 to 2002.

Please see my biography page.